Stuey's true nature

Happy Halloween!

Is it a Dragon? Is it a Dinosaur? Is it Barney? Who knows! Who cares?! It's adorable! Stuey had a blast yesterday going to Daddy's office and Trick-or-Treating. His favoite "treats" were a toothbrush and a toy car! Oh, and the Crunch bar he chewed through the wrapper to get to! Today we were going to go to Greenwood Ave up the street to Trick-or-Treat at the businesses but alas, in true Seattle form it is raining so instead we're staying home to carve pumpkins!

Craft time and Bath time

Two more favorite activites are bathtime and "craft time" (aka, coloring with crayons on a the table!). Bathtime is always a splash and various rubber duckies (farmer duck, pig duck) plus Star Wars figurines make great friends in the tub!

We've also taken to coloring and are VERY excited about it. We like using multiple crayons at one time and the drawing ends up on the paper most of the time. It's so sweet seeing him sitting at the table, concentrating on his art.

Bus

Stuey's now identifying all things with 4 wheels as "bus"! His favoite book is "100 First Machines" which has LOTS of 4-wheeled vehicles to point to! Other favorite words are "ba" (ball), "butts" (just about anything), "whassthis?" (what's this), "uh oh" (when he has thrown something on the floor!) and "mama" (Mom and Dad are both mama)!

Fall is here!

The little man is having a blast this fall picking up leaves and rocks up and down the street. He likes also likes to point out all airplanes and trucks he encounters on his daily walks. He usually says "bye" to people,trucks, and dogs when they are out of earshot.

Goats and Boats and Blueberries

This summer was also filled with exciting adventures outside of the city! We took a day trip to go blueberry picking, which Stuey loved (the eating part, that is, the picking part we'll work on for next year). We also took a ferry to Whidbey Island and spent a weekend on "island time," wandering around the little town of Langley (Stuey made plenty of friends by flashing his smile at everyone we passed), walking in the woods, hiking down a very steep path to the beach (Ben got the ultimate workout with Stuey on his shoulders!) and most importantly, feeding some goats! By the way, did you know goats love oats?

Summertime Fun

These 2 pictures represent our "average day" summer activites. We spent lots of time in the water, often at the Greenlake wading pool and we spent lots of time playing at the park. The wood chips on the playground happen to be Stuey's favorite part of the park!